Hypertext Webster Gateway: "alehoof"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Alehoof \Ale"hoof`\ ([=a]l"h[=oo]f`), n. [AS. h[=o]fe ground
ivy; the first part is perh. a corruption: cf. OE. heyhowe
hedgehove, ground ivy, ``in old MSS. heyhowe, heyoue,
haihoue, halehoue.'' --Prior.]
Ground ivy ({Nepeta Glechoma}).
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
alehoof
n : trailing European aromatic plant of the mint family having
rounded leaves and small purplish flowers often grown in
hanging baskets; naturalized in North America; sometimes
placed in genus Nepeta [syn: {ground ivy}, {field balm},
{gill-over-the-ground}, {runaway robin}, {Glechoma
hederaceae}, {Nepeta hederaceae}]
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